Until recently, we've not really been BBQ people.That's kind of a lie as we LOVE a good old BBQ - at someone else's house where we don't have to worry about what direction the wind is going to blow the smoke or whether we're going to poison any visitors (or indeed ourselves) with half cooked meat.Because of this, we've never really had a good BBQ and have usually just relied on the cheap disposable ones because they're cheaper when you consider how few BBQs we have and also, they don't need cleaning afterwards.But this year, our garden is looking nicer than it has for a long time … [Read more...]

I'm a huge fan of cash envelopes.They're without a doubt the best way to focus your mind on what you're spending on what and how much money you have left in your budget.I'll hold my hands up and admit that I don't use them every week, I only use them when I feel like we need a bit of a reminder about our spending habits or when we're on a tight budget for whatever reason.This week for example, we're conscious that we have a holiday coming up soon and we're really trying to spend as little as possible and the best way to do that for us is to use our cash envelopes system.I wrote … [Read more...]

So, you all probably know that I went to San Fransico recently to spend some time with the amazingly lovely people from Pinterest and you may know that I learned a lot from them on how to use Pinterest to your advantage if you're a blogger or business owner.I've shared a few posts (here and here) about what I learned when I was there already and there'll definitely be more to come but today, I wanted to share something with you that I know you want to know about even more than you want to know how to master Pinterest - I'm going to let you have a look at some of my photos from the brunch … [Read more...]